Blogtigan has announced the next new Optigan disk, Mod Rock: Here’s the official announcement of what we expect our next Optigan disc will be: MOD ROCK! This is an original Optigan sound set that only ever made it to prototype phase in 1970. Those of you who have purchased my Optigan sample CD will be… Read More New Optigan Disk: Mod Rock!
Here’s something that we didn’t see at NAMM – the limited edition Posse Crew Ensemble AS-606 Ambient Sequencer – a hardware sequencer specifically designed for drones and long, evolving ambient pads. Features: One-channel one-step sequencer Unlimited note duration 20-voice polyphony Compatible with all digital and analog keyboards Real-time control for all parameters “To Infinity And Beyond™”… Read More Ambient Sequencer AS-606 Designed Specifically For Ambient & Drone Music
Synthtopia may have insanely massive coverage of the 2009 NAMM Show – but TJ at Califaudio managed to find something we missed – this mind-blowing modular synth of Skot Wiedmann: The custom star-shaped synth has no name, no traditional oscillators and no LFOs. Well, what is it then? Talking to Skot, it seems like he’s still figuring… Read More Mindblowing Synth Find At 2009 NAMM Show
See these shipping boxes packed 20 feet high? They are for all the gear that’s on display at the 2009 Winter NAMM Show. Synthtopia is on site to bring you the latest news about electronic music software and gear. Here are some of the highlights of what we saw on day 2 of the NAMM Show: Access updated… Read More 2009 Winter NAMM Show Report: Day 2
Last week, we reported, rather breathlessly, that “Microsoft Songsmith Makes Everybody A Composer!” Here’s Microsoft’s ad for Songsmith: Microsoft Songsmith promises to let you create fully arranged songs by just singing into your computer. You sing, it adds music and nobody gets hurt, right? Not exactly. We’ve heard what Microsoft can do – and it’s not… Read More 7 Reasons To Hate Microsoft Songsmith
SYNTHESIZER RE-TUNING TO THE ANCIENT SOLFEGGIO: Part 1–Dr. Leonard Horowitz Interviews Michael Walton was uploaded by: DrLenHorowitz
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This is a brief rundown of some of the work on hand at Handmade Music, a Brooklyn DIY musical instrument sponsored by Make and Create Digital Music, 1/15/09.
Sequencing an SP0256-AL2 Speech IC from Ableton Live was uploaded by: littlescale
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Remember the Big Mouth Billy Bass? You’d press a button (or trigger a proximity sensor for a surprise) and the fish would start singing either Al Greens Take Me To The River, or Bobby McFerrins Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Texan Richard Carter took a Volvo, 5 miles of wire, five 6-volt golf cart batteries, a… Read More Texas Style Musical Geekery: The Robotic Fish Choir
This is a video demonstrating craigtorso’s Ondestrak, a musical controller for MaxMSP inspired by the Ondes Martenot and built from a Gametrak video game controller: The pitches are fairly imprecise here but I’m more or less riffing on the song Good Vibrations which, incidentally, features a Tannerin, an instrument conceptually similar to the Ondes Martenot.… Read More The Ondestrak, A DIY Ondes Martenot Made From A Video Game Controller
